Walk in interview for Research Associate, Junior Research Fellow at CSMCRI
With a coastline of about 3,500 miles, inland sources in Rajasthan and Little Rann of Kutch, and the rock salt mines in Mandi, India have possibilities of attaining a high position in salt production among the salt producing countries of the world. As is known, apart from being an indispensable item of food, salt is an important raw material for the manufacture of several heavy chemicals e.g. soda ash, caustic soda and chlorine.

The flagship company of the Piramal Group, Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (PEL), has business interests in Pharma, Information Management, and Financial Services verticals of the group. Towards the late 80s, we shifted our focus from textile to pharmaceuticals. We chose to invest significantly in the domestic formulation development business, while other companies in the industry concentrated on international generics. Our efforts proved successful with a track record of approximately 23% revenue CAGR. In 2010, our strategy accomplished a sale of its domestic formulations business at an unprecedented value of ~9x sales and ~30x EBITDA.
CSIR - National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), is a premier plant science research institute, involved in multidisciplinary R&D programmes of both basic and applied nature across scientific disciplines for economic, environmental and societal benefits for the people of India. CSIR-NBRI undertakes basic and applied research in strategically important areas of plant sciences.
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, a constituent of CSIR is a leading research Institute in the area of chemical sciences. The core strength of IICT lies in Organic Chemistry, and it continues to excel in this field for over six decades. The research efforts during these years have resulted in the development of several innovative processes for a variety of products necessary for human welfare such as drugs, agrochemicals, food, organic intermediates, adhesives etc. More than 150 technologies developed by IICT are now in commercial production.

